Intel Core i7-4790S vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

Core i7-4790S vs Xeon E3-1280 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E3-1280 v3 is faster than the Core i7-4790S. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1280 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4790S. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-4790S CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1280 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4790S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.